The grid subjects featured on this edition are:
Main Grids: Types of pasta; Organisations known by initials; English words derived from French inventors and expressions.
Auction Grids: Words that start with PH but sound like they begin with F; Team Captains on A Question of Sport.
Final Grid: Shades of yellow.
Main Grids: Types of pasta; Organisations known by initials; English words derived from French inventors and expressions.
Auction Grids: Words that start with PH but sound like they begin with F; Team Captains on A Question of Sport.
Final Grid: Shades of yellow.
The first main grid in this episode - types of pasta - would be reused as a main grid in Episode #6.16 (1998).
Five of the answers were the same on both grids: Pappardelle, Penne, Rigatoni, Tagliatelle and Tortellini.
However, the suspicion that the Bob Monkhouse editions slightly "dumbed down" the grids could be taken from the Wipeout answers. In this original grid, the Wipeouts are all Italian words that may not be known to the average person: the Italian for canaries, earrings, hair curlers, screwdriver and socks. In the Bob Monkhouse version some of the Wipeouts were extremely well-known Italian words, including some that have crossed over into everyday English, such as Lamborghini and Casanova. Not only this, but correct answers on the Bob Monkhouse version contained such obvious options as "spaghetti".
Five of the answers were the same on both grids: Pappardelle, Penne, Rigatoni, Tagliatelle and Tortellini.
However, the suspicion that the Bob Monkhouse editions slightly "dumbed down" the grids could be taken from the Wipeout answers. In this original grid, the Wipeouts are all Italian words that may not be known to the average person: the Italian for canaries, earrings, hair curlers, screwdriver and socks. In the Bob Monkhouse version some of the Wipeouts were extremely well-known Italian words, including some that have crossed over into everyday English, such as Lamborghini and Casanova. Not only this, but correct answers on the Bob Monkhouse version contained such obvious options as "spaghetti".
This edition didn't make the Top 70 Chart.
